“Robur the Conqueror” is a science fiction story written by Jules Verne and first published in 1886. The story concerns Robur, a mysterious and brilliant inventor who introduces so-called heavier than air craft like airplanes and helicopters to a world dependent on lighter-than-air balloons to fly. Robur takes three balloon enthusiasts on a three-week round-the-world trip in his huge airplane, the Albatross.

HOW TO USE THE EBOOK:
You can read through the text with the following commands:
+When reading a chapter, swipe to the left to go to the next page.
+Swipe to the right to go to the previous page.
+Double-tap the screen to move to the beginning of a chapter.
+Click on 'Start where I left off...' to continue reading at the point at which you last closed the eBook.

The eBook application allows you to change the text's font type, color and size as well as the color of the background. These settings will be saved when the application is closed and automatically applied when the eBook is opened again.

The application keeps track of your current position in the text as you read and saves this position when you close the application. Upon relaunching the application, you can easily resume reading at the position of this virtual bookmark.

These instructions are repeated in the eBook application.

Please note that when you first open a chapter, the application takes two or three seconds to perform certain initialization operations before the text appears. The same is true when you change font and/or color settings.